Stapling device



SePt- 7, 1943- n. R. LA- PLACE STAPLING DEVICE..

Filed Nov. 14, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 BIIIIIIIIIIIIII inni, Il

lesmoJz/dRLa/.Place Sept' 7, 1943 D. R`. LA PLACE;

STAPLING DEVICE Filed Nov. 14, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNvEN-roR Desmond R LcLPLace i reference tothe accompanying Patented Sept. 7, 1943 UNITED! STATES.

eigprsNT OFFICE STAPLING DEVICE Desmond R. La-Place', Beaver Falls,` Parpassignor -to Bocjl Corporation, Pittsburgh,"P`a., acorpo- Y i ration of Delaware Application' November' 14, 1939, serial Nn. 304,360

f `29 claims.

This invention pertains to stapling devices of the character wherein a wire staple is separated from a clip or row of staples and is driven from the device andv is for` a stapling` device of improved constructionn especially designed for 5 use Ain ahand implementof compact construction andwis preferably of a construction such that it maybe used either for stapling a plurality of loose sheets together or for stapling or tacking one orlxnore` loose sheets to a backing panel.` i

`l\ lumerous types of stapling machines have heretofore been 'constructed Many `of these are in the form of a plier in which the operation ofstapling is effected by Vsqueezing two handles of` the'implement i together.- Other common 15 forms of such-devices employ a pivoted armen al U stationary base with `a `plunger carried on the outer end of the pivoted arm.` While such devices are satisfactory,` they are necessarily quite large and such devices cannot be readily designed` 20 asgpocket .tools; Moreover, such devices `are useful Aonlyforl stapling and canont be used fori` n tacking purposes, `According to the presentin- "ventionthere isrprovided a novel construction of staplingtool f especially constructed toy be em- 25- bodied in aipocket-sized machine and which isof-V a shape:andxconstruction `such as nto render it.4

hold" `thepaper or'otherl object which is to be i tacked in place onlthe panel. or backing toyvhich it is nto be secured'. Mln this respectV it is "well adaptedffor use in-`drafting rooms `and similar` places Where a quickand 4convenient meansof 40 tack'ing the Y"paper to abacking board Ori panel is needed. The present invention furtherVprov videsfa toolwhich, While being mechanically satisfactory,l can; becheaplyconstructedwso as toenable a, combined stapling and` tackingdeyice if 40- to be Vprovided atfvery moderate cost.

` "Iffhe invention may be .readily understoodgby ,drawings lin whichm-w-vy i Figure 1 is a side elevation of a full-sized em. bodiment loiwa stapling device embodying my y invention; 'i y y AFigure 2 is an exploded ,View`A on a larger scale ofthe; deviceshown inFigure 1, the view being a; 5s

Figure 3 is a ,view similar to Figure 2 showing a longitudinalrsection Athrough `the assembled device, the-partsbeing in anormal position;

Figure 3a is a view similar to the lo-wer'portion of Figurevshowing the position of the parts when the driver has beenpusheddown.

Figure iA is a view similar `to `Figure 3 with certain `parts of thermachineomitted, the parts being in the position to which theyaremoved for `charging or loading-a clip of staples `intofthe machine; A y

vFigure 5" is a side elevation ofthe magazine member removed from the rest -Aof the device;

Figurez is atop plan view of the-part shown inligure 5; i i :Figure 7 is a transverse `section in the plane of line VII- VII of `FigureV 2;= v Y i Figure j8 is a similar transverse section in the plane online VIII-VIII of Figure 2 i y i Figure@ is aside elevation of a modified `form of stapling device having a magazine adapted to contain several clips or strips of staples at one time and having means `for progressively advancing these clipsas they are consumed;

Figure 1l0 is a, longitudinal section through the device shown in Figure 9; and

- `,Figure llis` a transverse longitudinal section,

through Figure 9 at rightangles to'Figure 10.-

- Referring first to the construction illustratedl in Figuresl to 8` of the drawings, the "machine comprises several telescoping parts some of which are normally relatively movable to the others and some Yof `which are normally in xed `relation to one another; `'lhedevice comprises-a main barrelrnernberfZ` whichisi illustrated as having a transverse partition 3 therein intermediate its ends. lThe upper end of the barrel is closed with aremovable cap 4; `The-purpose of this arrangement is to provide `an "enclosed chamber 5 for 1 receiving 'and holding, spare `clips of fasteners.

Received withinthe `interior 6 of the barrel-at the other side of the partition 3 is a compression y spring l. Fittedinto the open end of the barrel E isA a `cylindrical body 8 having a reduced end portion-8a; The spring 'l iits about the Aend portion 8a and -bears against the end of the cylindricalbody Si The cylindrical body 3 is provided atits lowerend with a transverse groove `9,the body having a longitudinally extending recess lil therein. Formed in the body 8 between the slot ill andV the recess 9 are shoulders IIA.`

Passing through the reducedI portion 8a of the cylindrical body is-,apin I2 that serves as a pivot designated A in Figure 3.

clip toward the right as viewed in Figure 3 lin the side of the cylindrical member 8'.

for an inverted T-shape follower member I3, this followermember having a crossbar Ita at its lower end as viewed in FigureZ that ts within snap pin I6 outwardly, that is,rtoward the left as viewed in Figure 2.

The transverse groove 3 is adapted to constitute a magazine to receive a row or clip of staples, The follower I3 is adapted to yieldably bear against the end of a clip of staples in the magazine and to propel the as successive staples are removed..

As shown in Figure 5, the exterior of the cylindrical body 8 is provided with a longitudinally extending recess I'I. A flap Vstrip of metaly I8 lies in this recess IT andY the upper end portion I8@ thereof extends up into the recess i-iinthe barrel,y 2. The: innermost end of the portion I8a is provi-ded with'ja` stud i9 which, as shownin Figurel 3, normally projects through an'opening in the barrel member 2 'I This stud serves to conn-ect the memberml with the barrel member 2 so that any longitudinal; movement `or the barrel 2 istrans'mitted tortl'ierstri'p i181 The strip I2 constitutes the driver for separatingv the staples from' theiclip; and forcing them vthrough the material that is to be fastened or tacked. The driver I8 maybe readily disconnectedfromthe bar-rel bodyil in one direction.

' In ady -ition' to the push-pin It the member 8 also has Va push-pin 23 thereon secured thereto by a leaf-spring 24 'received within a groove 25 The lower end of the barrel -2- isslid'ably iittedl into a tubular guide member 26?. 'This guide member hasan` upper'tubular' portion 26a in which the end of the barrel 2 hasaslidingY lit, and at the ba's'egof'the portion 26a is an internal shoulder 26h. Y This shoulder 2615 is Yadapted to' contact the end of the barrel 2 to limit 'the relative sliding'movement of the barrel in the guide member 2G'. Below the 'portion 26d-the body 26 has a well or chamber 2te of lesser internal diameter v into which the end' of thecylindrical body 8 ts.

ri-"he lower end of the guide 256 is closed by a transversepvartitionrZ'd. Through this partition is a narrow slot 26e. This slot is of a dimension such as Jto-enable the-end ofl the driver I3 tov slide therethrough and it is throughvthis opening that staples are driven as they are'separated from the clip in" the magazine. When the parts are assembled as shown in Figure 3, the push-pin 23 projects through a hole 26j vin the member 26 whereby the guide member 2S is releasably secured Ito the cylindrical body LS. When the membei' 26 is so secured to the member 8, the partition Zfdat the end yof the body cooperates with the end of the bodyr 8 to closethe groove 9l in which the clip ofv staples isi positioned to thereby hold the staples yin position inthe device. As will be clearly apparent from an examination of Figure 3, the row of staples designated A is confined between the partition 26d and the shoulders II so that the clip of staples cannot become displaced in a vertical direction. The follower Iii-l3nt bears against one end of the clip of staples while the other end of the clip of staples is pressed against the inner wall of the member 25. W'hen the parts are in the position shown vin Figure 3, the end of the driver I8 is over the slot 26e and is over that staple in the clip which is being pressed against the inner surface of the member 2B. When the parts are in the position shown in Figure 3, the application of pressure to the end of the barrel 2 will cause this barrel to slide inside theguide member 2S until the end of the barrelr 2 hits the shoulder 2th. During this movement of the barrel 2 the driver I8 will engage the staple at the right-hand end of the clip` and' will force the staple through the slot 22e where it will be used either for stapling or tacling as willY be hereinafter more fully explained. Upon release of pressure from the barrel- 2, the spring 'l will force the barrel back to the vnormalv position shown in Figure 3. When thev end of the driver I8 has cleared the clip of staples, the follower I3-I3a will operate to slide the cliptoward the right as viewed in Figure 3, thus bringing the next staple into position to be driven. The upward movement of the barrel'2 under the infiuence of the spring 'I will be stopped whenI the studv 2 I` contacts portion 22 of the cylindrical member 8. When this stud hits 'the portion' 22, the driver I8 cannot move'up any further and since the driver I 8 is connected to the barrel 2 through the pin It, the barrel-2 cannot move any further. The sliding telesooping movement of the barrel with reference to the guide 26 is therefore limited in one; direction by the internal shoulderZh` in the member 26 and in the other v direction by the stud 2Iy on the driver. i

Slidably fitted over the lower endof the guide verse slot 295 therein. Also `formed in the-side wall of the member 2l isfan elo-ngated'opening 3U.'

The pin 2-'3rwhioh connects the'y cylindricalme'mber`8 to' the guidemember 25 also extends through the 'slot 30, and to remove the memberl Z'I'from the" end Vof the tool it'. is merelynecessary Ato de` s press thepin 23 suiciently to'enable the: member 2'1 to be pulled off 'endwise' Secured in the bottomfo'f the member 22S-is afleaf-spring'f that normally connects with. the bottom '1E-5d ofthe guide member ZGzand which serve's to'normally urge the memberZl ina direction away from'the member '26, but such movement is limited, of

course, by the pin 23`engaging 'the end of the slot member 25. -The pin^23 engaging inthe slot 3G not only serves to `hold the member 2'! on the end ofthe guide member but it also serves to hold the guide member snaps through the hole Ida locks the member 8 againstbeing `moved outunder-the compression ofthe spring 1. Such movethe device and the parts to bein' the 'norm only'on or two sheets of thin, paper 4'to be stapled,

wneriyit isnt-sittard use the toci as a tacking" devicej'th pin"`23 "isdepressed suiciently to release the end 4rneinlcerZ'l to` enable `the `end `rnern- It will rbe noted in Figure 3 that the snap pin (6 isnormally compressed inside the barrel` 2. The barrel r2 is provided with a hole larinto which the pin I6 may snap under certain g conditions, but this "hole is 4positioned sufficiently vtar back on* thebarrel so thatwhen the end of the barrel hitswthefshoulder 2Gb in the guide 26, the..` hole larand Athe pin l6' will still bev out of register and the pin conned by the barrel. ThusA itis impossible for the pin I6 to enterthe hole 15a aslong as the guide member is in` place at the endof the barrel. t

`The condition under which 4the pin' lulwill enter the hole IBa is shown in Figure 4. This occurs only when the device is taken apart for the insertion of `a new cartridge or clip of fasteners.

When it is necessary to insert a new cartridge or clip of fasteners, the pin `2Q its depressed rst to remove the end member 21 andthen to enable the *'26 to be slidolthe end of the barrel 2. w`Wh`en` the tool is being taken apart in this 'Wayi to insert a clip of fasteners,"it is held in anupright position. lfterthe two parts 26 and 21 have been removed, the member' 8 down intoV the barrel 2 until the pin I6` in the barrel. `This ment ofthe member 8 inwardly causes'the driver l8 to extendV over one end `of thegroove 9. While theparts are in this position, the follower l3`|3ga t islnioved to the right as viewed in Figure `land the jc'lip `oi cartridges A is inserted. The'clip `of cartridges is thus engaged at one end by the follower l 3-l`3'ct whileits other endis iorcedagainst i the driver i8 and held in the groove by thedriver.

Withthe parts in this position, the guide member H261 is put back onto theend of the barrel and the isfor'ced in .f- When it has been forced in a suflicient distance, it will ,l: e, `dis` engaged from thehole Ia` button' or push-pin I6 hie barrel and 'the parts' have been returned tofthe normal position shown `"in Figure throughthe releasing ofpinlt and theactioriofispring Lthe l guide 26 then limits the transverse moyemef; the clip of staples, and the driver islreirateto afposition4 pack of `the clip `0i' Staples;

From the 'foregoing description fitl isfbelieved that the joperation ofthe `toert/iii be apparent., `ltsrsuming a clip of cartridges to be charged" sil' fienjshown' mesure a if ttivictistbi t used i for stapling papers or other loose sheets together,`

*It is' of course desirable that the anvil;

operator pushes `the whereupon thesrin'g 1 `williexpand to force'th'e parts back to the posil W I t will thusb seenthat for ,the purpose of Y loading the tool, `the parts, are

A pling; the

ment' being such l the* andngers of one` hand. l Pressure is then applied to the upper end of the barrel 2 forcing t1'i'e barrel Vand the driverl toward the anvil 32 .f The driver 8 engages theyend staple in the clip, 'forcesit'through the `slot 26e and .through the'papers o rother pieces to be fastened and the endsof the staple engaging. in the slots 33 in the anvil arj turned inwardly and mashedv down. Upon release of pressure from the endof thebarrel, r'the spring 1 returns the parts to their normal position and the follower |3`|3a` moves ,the clip ofY staples toward the right as viewed in "Figure f3 to bring the next staple into f By reason of the fact that the anvil-carrying element `floats on the endoithe tool, Athe `parts automatically adjust themselves for the .stapling of a thick or thin sheath of papers. When using the 'devicefortacking as distinguished from staend member 21 ofcourse is removed. Theend of the guide element 26 is thenplaced against 'the sheet to be tacked to a supporting' panel 'and pressure is applied to the 4barrel Kor plungergto drive the staple.` The staple in `this case,` instead of engaging an anvil, is. driven all thewayinto the supporting panel back of the sheet being tacked in place. In putting up posters on bulletin boards or on walls, the device may be conveniently h eld in the clenched hand of `the operator and the staplescan caciously driven.4 k

In the modiiication shown in FiguresQ, 10` and 11, arrangement is made for holding several clips Cfu-Staples in thladlfie at )ne time, the arrange..

that as oneclip of staples is exhausted, another illustrated as being `rectangular in cross section rather thancircular. In this construction there is an outer casing orshell 35 corresponding to the barrel member12,` Slidably positioned within this shellis amagazineelement 36 corresponding to the member 8 of Figure 2. This member 35 has an entensi on 36a;4 .along one side thereof and it has On theinner surface of this plate is a lug 40.

Passing transversely through this lug isa doubleendedfresilient push-pin designated `generally as dlgandycomprising two parts, one being a member 4Ia having aange 4 Ib and a post 4 lc thereon. l, The other partofthe double push-pin com-` prises Va member Md having a flange also designated `Mb and havinga sleeve Ele. The outer terminalsof thepush-pin extendthrough longitudinal slotsin the shell.35. Interpcsed between the two membersis a compression spring`42. The

arrangement is such that when the two pins 4ta and Md are squeezed together, the anges Mb may move inwardly tother extent permitted by the post Mc, and ,when'pressnre is released from the t pins, the device will expand restoring the flanges 4Ib'to their original position. The side plates 36h oftheinagazine have a'fiongitudinai siotaa therein,"ar`1d on'the inner'faceof the plates 36b`ad1aposition tobedriven.`

be rapidly and effi-` Inay be advanced into position cent the-slotare a-series of recesses 423ctoreceive the flanges 4.lb..-. Thearrangement is such that when a .clip of staples has. been used andfit isnecessary to advance another stripvv into position to be used, the double-ended pi'n 4-Iiscompressedy disengaging the flanges Mbthereof from-the re cesses 43a in which they arelocated. -Wfhen the pinv has been so compressed, it maybe-moved to the next notch or recess, thismovement of. course@ being transmitted to the follower plate 3,9 andi to all of the clips of staples remaining.- in the magazine so that the row of staples most remote fromV the follower plate is forced down to the end, o-f-ithe magazine. The followerplate may thus loe-moved 'in a step-by-step manner as the several clipsjare used and it may be ,locked in each posi-tionjto which it is moved.

Releasably secured to the lower end of the mag-- azine 35 is a guideelement 45 of a construction generally similar to the element 25- in the formv sho-wn in Figure 2. .The guide member 45:--has an end Wall 45a which forms a bottom for the magazine chamber and which has a. slot 45h therethrough in line With-,the driver 38. The end of the casing 35 is slidably fitted into-the guide member, 45. Relative sliding movement between the casing or plunger member. and the guide-member 45 is limited in one'direction through-theongagementl of a block 4Sv within the upper end-Of the casing withthe top of the magazine element 3B. Compression springs 4.1 are provided between' the end of the casing v35 and the` top of the block` 36 for returning the casing to a normal lposi-tion after it has been compressed to` drivea stap-le. TheY upward movement' of the. casing 35 underthe influence of the springs 4i may be restored anysuitable manner asfor example, by the provision of a limiting pin 48 carried on a leaf-spring 49- on" the exterior of the guide which pin projectsthrough the wall of the guide and ridesv in a slot' inthe chamber .53 is a compression sp-ring54- which tends to push the plunger 52 to the left4 and thereby propels the opposite end of the strip-` 5! tothe right. The block 35 hask a groove down one face thereof to receive 'the flexible strip, this groove being. indicated at 55. The outer-*casing 35 hasa longitudinal slot at 55. and there is a button 51 on the strip .5l that projects-through this slot` The arrangement is such r.that as staples are removed` from the. right-handendgof the bottom clip in the magazine, ,the spring 54. functionsto cause the clip to be moved toward the right. When a -clip of staples has been ex-v hausted, the button 51 is used to move the flexible follower strip 5I to aretracted position againstV the compression of thel spring 54. When .the follower strip has` been retracted, therfollowenpr pusher 39 is operated in the' manner previously described to advance the nextjclip` into a position to be used. n Y y In order that the next ,to the lowermost vclip of staples in the magazine willnot dro-p down as the bottom clip is being consumed,V the sides of the magazine are formed with slots therein, and leaf-springs 58 are provided in` these slots, the terminals Ewa ofethese springs bearing against Removably ,carried on the-.lower end of the guide memlber l5-is an end member 60 having an anvil Bil therein and having ay horizontalslot 62 in it, this slo-tbei-ng provided to receive the-papers or' other sheets to. be stap-led together. The end member is mounted, on the end of the guide- 45- in an similar yway that the corresponding member is secured tothe bottom of the device of Figure 1 sol as to have av limited vertical movement relative to the guide member 45 and so as. to be ref movable when the device is to be used for tacking instead `of stapling.

1 In operation the modified construction is'used the same as the device rstdescribed. Itmaybe interchangeably used as a stapling device or as atacling device by the application or removal of It can Vbe held in one hand,` the same as the form previously described, and

the end member.

squeezed while the papers to be stampled are-held in the other hand and it can beused onatable cr other firmA surface and worked in the manner of a desk type, of stapling device. When one clip of cartridges. has been used, the follower strip` 5l is slid. back to the endof the magazine and thepusher 39 is moved forward one notch to force the next clip of staplesinto` place.

Infthe modification as in the preferred form, there is a. plunger comprising a shellhaving' a driver for drivingthe staples telesco-pingly engaged with a guide member, and there is a magazine member completely `housed within the shell and guidemenrber and carried by one'of these members, this magazine having means for mov'- ing a clip of staples transversely of thel longitudinai axis of the tool. vice are compact and. theyare simple and easy to' operate, and the parts', are so constructed as tobe relatively cheap. i

e While Ihaveillustrated andv described certain preferred embodiments of my invention, -i-t wil-lbe understood thatthe device maybe otherwise constructed andthat various changes and 'modifications may` be made therein within the contemplatio-n of my invention and within the-scope of the following claims, and-that the magazine arrangementv for successively advancing clips of' staples may be advantageously employed in othery forms of stapling machines. .I claim:

L l.v A; stapling device comprising telescoping guide and plunger members,V and a staple-holding and rfeeding unit arranged for hold-ing and feeding. arow of staples transverseto the longitudinal axis of the device housed within said members, said `members being axially slidabl-erelativelyto. eachother. j

2. A stapling device comprising tubular guide and shell members telescopingly engaged and relatively movable in an axial direction, a-stapleholding and feeding meansv` within one off said members, and a driver on the other of said' members movable upon the telescoping movement of the members transversely across one end of the staple holding means.

3. A stapling device comprising slidably telescoped guide and plunger members movable re1- atively to one another in. the direction of their longitudinal axes, a .staple-holding magazine housed within said members, staple-feeding means on said magazine, and a longitudinally extendingdriving member on the plunger-movable,

Both forms of the,` de- `said unit "having va-m'agazine therein forlholding a plurality 'of superimposed clips 'of staples, 'and `means Lfor progressively vadvancing successive 'clips into position Ato 'be engaged 'by the feeding means.

' 12. A stapling device comprising a ,plunger member in the form 'of a 'hollow shell, 'a guide member telescopin'gly attached 'to the shell or relative endvvise movement, a magazine element Within said members having a 'chambertherein adapted `to receive and hold a pluralityof 'super- 4imposed clips of staples therein,'said 'guide member 'forming an 'encl'osure'for closing the end of said 'chamber to retain lthe several eli'ps 'in contacting superimposed relation inthe chamber, a

Apusher 'in vsaid chamber 'for' 'progressively lpushing the clips toward the guide member, a'f'eeder associated with the magazine 'for sliding that c'lip Which is 'nearest the guide 'member endvvise Atoward a driver, and a driver on 'the plunger memi Iber for advancing .the successive stap'les 'from the clip so positioned and ejecting 'them from the end of the guide member;

13. A 'stap'ling4 device comprising telescopingr guide and plunger members, means carried by the guide member providing a Atransverse staplev'receiving chamber, yieldable means in said chamber' `for engaging a'roW o'f elips in said chamber fior urging 'them transversely of the device Tinto engagement with a Wall of nthe guide member, i

the end of the guide member having an opening therein, and a driveron'ther plunger member positioned te engage 'that clip Ain themagazine lwhich is pressed against said vvall o'f the Aguide member to force it vthrough saidmopening upon relative longitudinal movement in one 'direction'between' the plunger and theglide member.

'14. A stapling device comprising anoutershell having a strip secured thereto and A,projecting from one end thereof iormingsa driver, a lguide fmember at the fend of .saidshell into which the driver :normally .projects vand'removab'rly secured thereto insuch manner .that relativelongitudnal movement may occurbetween the shell yand thegliide membena staple-holding Aand feeding unit'xinsidey said guide and .shell members, -said unit having atransversegroovein one end thereof 'formingfa magazine to receive aclip-fofstaples, said unit also having a*spring-actuatedfollower o'r'ur'ging a clip of staples in said groove toward jsaid driver, and means for releasably holding said staple-holding andlfeeding unit in the shell whenthe guide memberis removed from `the shell andin a position such'that the -end of the dri-ver projects across said groove to provide an abutment 'for con'ning the clip of staples against "movement under the action of said follower when said guide member is removed vfrom the shell.

" "'1'5. stapling device comprising an vouter shell having Ya strip* secured thereto and Aprojecting from one end thereof forming a driver, a guide member at the end i said shellinto'which the driver normally projects and removably secured 'thereto in such manner that relative longitudinal movement may occurbetween'theshell and thel guidem'emben a staple-'holding and feedingunit inside 'said guide and shell members, saidunit having a transverse groeve in one end Athereof `forming a jmavgazine tor'ecelve a 'clip of staples,

said unit also Al'lavin'g a spring-actuated vvilillovven for lurging fa 'cli'pfof staples in saidigroove-Ltoward said driver, and means for frelea'sablfy holding said i staple-holding Landfeeding Alunit in the #shell when theiguide memberiisremoved fromthe'shell Aand in a position :suchthatthe lendb'f the driver- -asespse lprojects Vacross said groove toprovidean abutment for confining the clip of 'staples against movement vrunder the 'action of *said 'follower -when Isaid guide 'member is iremoved 'from the shell, fsa'id last-named lmeans comprising a latch #pin "which is ineffective when "thelparts are `in a lnorv- =ma`lgoperating position with the guide 'onj'theend o'f the shell and 4With theLstaple-feeding and vholding member against said guide. Y

16. A stapling device comprising an axially alined plunger, magazine, "guide "a-nd anvil elements some of which are movable longitudinally relatively to fthe others, lthe plunger-element `having 'a driver thereon andthe niagazin'eele- Vment having means forjprogressivelyfeeding a transversely arranged-row 'of staples ltransverse- "ly 'of 'the structure toward the Adriver element.

l17. AV Vstapling device comprising Ian vaxially "alined "plunger, magazine, 'guide and anvil 'elements `some Aof 'Which'are vmovable Alorngitu'dinally relatively to :the others, 'the plunger 'element *having fa `driver thereon and thema'gazine 'element vhaving means for Jfeeding -a Arovv of 4vstaples transversely of the structuretoward the driving element, there being 'compression 'springs 4be- 'tweenV some `or 'said elements to maintain them in normal VYrelationkto one another, and lmeans "for conningsaid 'parts against separation under the'action 'of said springs.

1a. A stapiing device-comprising a Shen-irre staples, said end `o'f t'hebody normally contact- 'in'gjvvith and 'being closed by the guide member,

and 'a compression spring interposed between said ,'bodya'nd said 'shell forres'iliently urging "the, shell 'in a` direction V.a'vvay from 'the guide member. y,

T9. Stapling meansAVV comprising yan .axially alined shell, staple-feeding and .guide members,v the first andlas't of said. members being telescopin'glly engaged for .relative sliding A'mevement and the 'second o'f said members being interposed betvveenthefirst tvvo and being Ycontained within .the rst tWoVmeans on the second .of said membersiorreceiving a rdvv of .staples andgholding it .in a transverse position, a feeder movable'transversely of thelongitudinal axisof .said-assembly for .feeding said /row of staples .along the maga zine, and a plunger on the first of saidlmembers for` successively engaging staplesrof rovv of staples so -held `for .feeding them endwise through theA guide member. l

20. AStaplingy Ymeans comprisirnigA yan axially alined shell, .staple-feeding and r.guide members,

the first and last Aof said members being telescopingly .engaged Vfor relative Vsliding vmovement ,and `the vsecond ofsaid members 'being .interposed between the rst .two and'lbeing contained Within the7 first. two, Asaid second member having a transverse magazine therein forv receiving .and

holding a clip of staples, affeedermovable trans- Aversely of the longitudinal axis o`fjsai`dassenbly "for 'feeding said 'clip' of staplesy alongth'e'magazine, a 'plunger onthe first `o`f said' members for 'successively engaging 'staples 'o'f 'a 'clip dfy *staples `so 'held -for iieeding them 'endvvise "thr'ugh the 4guide member, A'and a -compression Spring 'be- 21. A stapling device comprising telescoping guide and plunger members connected together for relative sliding movement, a staple-holding and feeding unit housed within said members,

said staple-holding and feeding unit comprising means for progressively moving a plurality of superimposed rows of preformed staples in one direction and means for progressively moving a single row of staples in the unit crosswise of the direction in which they are moved by said rst means, and a driver on the plunger memberfor removing and ejecting staples one at a time from the row which is so moved.

'22. A `stapling device comprising telescoping guide and plunger members, means associated with the plunger member `providing a maga- `zine for receiving and holding a plurality of superimposed rows of staples, means in the magazine for moving all of said preformed staples in the direction ofthe longitudinal axis of the `stapling device, means at one end of the magazine for moving theendmost row of staples transversely of the` longitudinal aXis of the de-` vice, and a driver on the plunger for progressivei `ly engaging the staples on the row so moved y"and ejecting them, i

23. A stapling device comprising a magazine `for receiving and `holding a plurality ofsuperimposed rows of preformed staples, means for feeding one of the superimposed rows of staples longitudinally with respect to the other rows, means in the magazine for moving one of the plurality `of superimposed rows of staples to position an- ;other row to be engaged by the last-named means, and a driver forr successively driving individual staples from the row as it is advanced `by the feeding means..

24. A stapling` device comprising a magazine for receiving and holding a stack of superim- `posed rows of preformed staples, feeding means for moving the endmost row of the sta-ck of superimposed rows longitudinally with respect to the other rows, means in the `magazine for moving the stack of staples to advance an endmost row to be engaged by the feeding means, and a `driver for successively driving individual staples from the single row advanced by the feeding means. v

25. A. staple device comprising a magazine for receiving and holding a plurality ofsuperimvertically to position the endmost row in position to be engaged by the last-named feeding means, and a driver for driving staples from the endmost row as it is advanced by the feeding means.

26, A stapling device comprising a driver and a staple guide, a feed mechanism for moving a row of staples in a direction perpendicular to the driver to deliver the staples of the row to the guide, a housing providing a magazine to hold several rows of staples in superimposed relation above the feed mechanism, and means for movi ing the superimposed rows of staples toward the i `which the several rows contact one another, a

guide at one end of the magazine for receiving the row of staples at such end of the magazine, means for feeding said row of staples along said guide, means for feeding the rows of staples in the magazine toward said guide whereby the rows of staples may be successively delivered to the guide to be consumed, and means for restraining the movement of the rows of staples in the magazine toward the guide whereby the row in the guide must be consumed before the nextl row will be delivered to the guide.

posed rows of preformed staples in vertical arrangement, means for feeding the -lowermost row of sta-ples horizontally with respect to the other `rows to successively advance individual staples,

means in the magazine for moving all of the rows` 29. In a stapling machine, a storage magazine for receiving a plurality of rows of staples in which the several rows Contact one another, a guide at one end of the magazine for receiving the row of staples at such end of the magazine, means for feeding said row of staples along said guide, means for feeding the rows of staples in themagazine toward said guide whereby the rows of staples may be successively delivered to the guidefto be consumed, and means for resiliently engaging the row of staples neXt to the one in the guide for restraining the movement of said `row of staples toward the guide, whereby 'said row is restrained from engaging the guide until the row in the guide has been completely consumed.

, DESMOND R. LA PLACE.

Y CERTIFICATE oF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,528,985. september 7, 1915.

DEsMoND E. LA PLACE.

It is hereby` certified that `error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page l, first column, line 22, for ."Canont" read 'Cannot; page )4., second column, line 25, for stsmpled" read stapled; and that the said Letters, Patent should beread with' this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the @Esel In the Patent office.

Signed and sealed this 7th day of December, A. D. l9) {.5.

Henry Van Arsdale,

(Seal) Acting; Commissioner of Patents. 

